2019 Pet Fundraiser Calendar!

This year we wanted to celebrate all the pets we have photographed at our Pop Up Pet Portrait Days and find a way to raise even more funds for South West Animal Rescue. We brainstormed ideas and finally decided to create a calendar!

What better way to say thank you to all the pets and owners who have supported us this year than creating a beautiful printed memento that all of us can hang in our homes and enjoy for a whole year.

We’ve worked incredibly hard to design and create this product, and we hope you love it as much as we do!

The calendar features over 70 pets, fun quotes, important dates and over $1000 value in special offers. Check it out and order your copy by simply clicking the button below:

2019 Pet Calendar

Blair Street Vet Pop Up Pet Portraits ~ Bunbury Pet Photographer

Blair Street Vet was the very first vet clinic to partner with us for our Pop Up Pet Portrait Days, and we have been so very grateful for their enthusiasm and support over the last four years.

This year we had the best event ever, and captured lots of beautiful moments of very loved pets. As always it was fantastic seeing familiar faces as well as meeting new ones. We always love to hear the stories of how you all came to own your pets and what they mean to you. That’s something we’ll never tire of!

Thanks again to everyone who came and made the day so awesome. We’re super excited to feature all these amazing pets in our first ever Pet Calendar. 2019 is going to be just a little brighter with all these lovely animals up on our walls :-)

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Check out the calendar and order your copy HERE

Eric's Puppy Portrait ~ Bunbury Pet Photographer

This is what happens when a photographer brings her puppy to work!

Pet Portrait Day ~ Eaton Vet

Another lovely day at one of our great local vet clinics. This time around it was a doggie day, which was probably a good thing given that we were set up out in reception!

We took a new backdrop which was a great hit and gave a new look to all the lovely moments we captured. 

Thanks to everyone who came along and helped support South West Animal Rescue.

If you'd like to join our next Pet Portrait Day just keep an eye out on our Pet Portrait page or Facebook and we'll let you know as soon as the next event is open for bookings!

https://www.thephotographyboutique.com.au/pets

Tipsy's final goodbye ~ Bunbury Pet Photography

Sometimes things happen and the importance of what we do really hits home...a heartbroken family is saying goodbye to this beautiful soul today. They knew they would be sending her off to rest so yesterday they came in to the studio to celebrate Tipsy's life and capture some final memories of her.

I was crying before they even walked through the door, but after we all had a few moments to compose ourselves we had fun playing with her and enjoying a session complete with a platter full of donuts (which didn't stand a chance!) and a flower crown.

Rest in peace beautiful girl, after meeting your humans I know you will be missed. Jo xxx

Silver at the AIPP National Photography Awards!

Following this year's success at the WA State AIPP Professional Photography Awards (check out the details in my blog post about it HERE), I somehow managed to find the time to enter some images into into the national awards, which were judged in Melbourne last weekend. 

I'm very happy to say that I came away with silver awards for these two images that I hold very close to my heart. It's lovely to be among such esteemed company as the very best photographers Australia has to offer and achieve awards at this level. 

Thanks to my gorgeous clients who allow me to get a real insight into who they are so that I can create special images like these.

Jo x

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If you're interested in photography check out some of the mindblowing work featured at this year's awards here: 

http://www.aippappa.com/appa-2016/2016-aipp-appa-category-winners

And if you're really keen you can even watch the judging here:

http://www.aippappa.com/appa-2016/2016-livestream

Enjoy x

Sharn, Josh & Thomas

A little while back we had the good fortune to meet Sharn and Josh after their lovely friends bought them a gift card to come and enjoy a couples shoot with us. 

During their pre session planning we found out that Sharn & Josh have a beautiful puppy dog Thomas, so booking Jo for their photography was a perfect match because of course our very own crazy dog lady thought it was a great idea to include him in the shoot!

What a gorgeous afternoon it was, and what a very photogenic this trio turned out to be. Now with an engagement we are just waiting for news of the wedding date!

Pet Portrait Day

Those of you who know us well will know that we are a very pet friendly bunch here at the studio. We always welcome pets to join family portrait sessions and can't help but smile when someone's special puppy dog features in one of our weddings. For Jo, our resident crazy dog lady, photographing pets is an opportunity to combine her two favourite things in the world - pets and photography. As a vet practice manager in her pre-photography days, she is passionate about animals, knows how to handle them, and just wants to see the pets of the world all loved and cared for in good homes. There are lots out there though who still need to find their forever homes, and hardworking organisations like South West Animal Rescue work tirelessly to try to make that happen.

Last month, we were super excited to team up with Blair Street Vet and South West Animal Rescue (SWAR) to hold a very special Pet Portrait Day. Lots of local pet lovers joined us to celebrate their pets with a mini portrait session, with all the session fees donated to SWAR to care for the animals they look after. We were blown away by the generosity of everyone who came along, and we managed to raise over $500 as well as swag fulls of blankets and food for pets in need. That definitely put a big smile on our dials :-D

Over the two day event we photographed dogs of every size, a few gorgeous cats, a rabbit, and even a ferret! With 15 minute slots for each pet we crossed our fingers and hoped everything would run smoothly, and of course with Jo behind the camera and Bianca helping out all the furry friends behaved themselves beautifully and everyone had bags of fun!

Thank you so much to all the pets and owners who made the event so much fun, to Tanya at South West Animal Rescue for helping out and to the team at Blair Street vet for letting us turn their practice into a studio for two days!

The event was such a huge success (it was sold out before we could even tell anyone about it!) that we have decided to do it again, so for all you pet lovers who missed out stay tuned as we will be announcing a new Pet Portrait Day in the New Year.

Iif you just can't wait until the next one get in touch and book your furry friend in for a Pet Portrait Session Now!

And of course if you'd like to help some pets in need or you're looking for a companion to join your family, check out South West Animal Rescue to find out how :-)